[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [虛堂和尚語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000) › 7.250 # 虛堂和尚語錄 7.250 虛堂和尚語錄 7.250 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.250](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.250) 不住復新新，來從幻裡真，舊髯皆變白，老眼尚精神。 世事終難鑑，菱花亦有塵，東風原上草，不覺又生春。 > Abiding nowhere, ever renewed, / Arriving from within illusion is the real. / The old beard has turned completely white; / The aged eyes are still spirited. / Worldly affairs are hard to reflect in the end; / The water-chestnut bronze mirror gathers dust as well. / Grass on the plains in the east wind: / Unawares, it brings forth spring once more. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.249](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.249) - [Next: 7.251](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.251) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.7.250) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.250](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.250) · Pramāṇa